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What's on this week

Singapore International Jazz Festival 2015

Following its successful debut, the festival returns to Marina Bay Sands with more than 250 artists from mainstream, smooth soul, R&B, contemporary pop and acid jazz. The line-up features headliner Jessie J, pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis, trumpeter Chris Botti, fusion-jazz group Snarky Puppy and Singapore's very own Jeremy Monteiro.

Singapore Cocktail Week

The city’s inaugural Singapore Cocktail Week features a series of workshops, bartender-led cocktail tours and, of course, lots of beautifully put together drinks. Each $38 ticket comes with eight wristbands – one for each day of the festival – that you can use to get discounts for workshops, gain entry to pop-up bar events and wave at participating bars to buy special cocktails at $14.

Titoudao

Toy Factory celebrates its 25th anniversary with a restaging of one of its most beloved productions. Follow the life of Madam Oon Ah Chiam – a petite lady who dreams big – as she balances her comic alter-ego, Titoudao, with struggles against poverty, gender inequality and marital problems.

Spoken Word Poetry with Kosal Khiev

Hone your poetry writing chops at this workshop led by Kosal Khiev, a Cambodian poet exiled from the US. Get ready to reminisce and reflect – the theme is centred around memories of home, work and social surroundings.

Esther van Vechgel: Double Stillness

‘This image, called “Singapore Dream”, was taken in a Kampong Glam backalley around two years ago. I like to walk around these alleys; sometimes it seems that there’s more going on there than on the streets. The double layers I use in the artworks are chosen to create the illusion that they’re one. The shots were taken in the same street to emphasise the story: one of stillness, captured in the moment, in a hectic city. The pigeon is captured frozen on its way out of the buzz, towards more quiet places.’ – Esther van Vechgel